1842.] 
mercurial column was 25.500, the attached 
erme wind moderate from 
8. 38° E. Clouds covered the sky with the 
rise of the , but I in obtain- 
ing the ronomical ations, 
which placed « od ~ pig 41° 40° 13", and 
longitude 104 
July 15. ar’ 6 this morning, the barome- 
was at 25.515, ometer 72° ; the 
We found come in ae jour- 
ney across the country w 
iach vs to j thie 6a stward. This metaing, secon 
ingly, we travelled by com some 1 
20 to the itor of north, and struck the 
ian een miles below Fort Lara- 
was extremely hot, and 
pa the hills the wind seemed to have 
just issued from an oven ho were 
uch dist , as we had travell ard ; 
and it was with some difficulty that they 
were all brought to the Platte; which 
rig a at 1 o’clock. In riding in towards 
t, we found the trail of our: carts, 
whieh appeared to have passed a day or two 
After having allowed our animals two 
had 
on the South fo rk, it was built of earth, and 
still unfinished, pn Bt cmp: with walls 
(or rather houses) on of the sides, and 
= ie nee yh 
e left bank, 
Seaieptivs feet above the wa 
in walls, wear aee indi ick th 
be Fo lh chine diy sige Hh cegoohem it _— 
ligt imposing pp Ach cl ape ‘of lige which 
told us belonged to Sioux Indi 
alt was pitched poten the walls, and, with 
oa fine back ecard Spee of the Black sili and 
t peak of Laramie mountain, 
rag dw drawn in the clear light of tl the a 
rn SKY, where the _ had al 
whole "formed at the 
ees 
Louis 
ae moment a sig 
hae From the com aap 
had letters for ia 
during my stay 
CAPT. FREMONT'S NARRATIVE, 
was invaluable to | he 
le encamped on the bark, a short 
dietenee above the fort. All wer 
Ju uly 16.—I found that. d 
= situation of rs had undergone some 
; and the anual quiet and somewhat 
~ 
ace to excitement and alarm. The cir- 
sanieilias whi 
will be found narrated in the following ex- 
of Mr. uss. 
tract from 
the day of our separation 
commences with 
on the South fork of the Platte. 
Extract from the journal of Mr. Preuss. 
“July 6.—We crossed the plateau or high- 
land between the two forks in about six 
hours. I let my horse 
pine tree: 
every eme: 
down, and let my thoughts wander tothe fr 
t. It was not minutes after 1 
I on ze a ye oe and my 
